Three of Israel’s foremost government leaders are scheduled to tour the United States during the latter part of May and June in behalf of the Israel Bond campaign. They will seek to alert major Jewish communities to Israel’s need for increased Israel Bond funds to maintain the country’s normal economic growth in the current period of crisis. General Yigal Allon, Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Culture; Shimon Peres, Minister of Transportation and Minister of Posts, and Ambassador Arthur Lourie, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Ministry and former Ambassador to Great Britain, will address meetings in communities during the crucial weeks of the Spring drive for the sale of Israel Bonds. The 1971 quota for Israel Bonds is the record figure of $400 million which is needed to provide 75 percent of Israel’s current Development Budget of more than $550 million.
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